The Contegra bovine jugular vein graft versus the Shelhigh pulmonic porcine graft for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract: A comparative study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 654-661

  Schoenhoff, Florian S ^a   Loup, Ophelie ^a   Gahl, Brigitta ^a   Banz, Yara ^a   Pavlovic, Mladen ^a   Pfammatter, Jean Pierre ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a   Kadner, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; CBG; Contegra bovine jugular vein graft; CRP; DORV; double outlet right ventricle; PA; PS; pulmonary artery; pulmonary stenosis; right ventricle; right ventricular outflow tract; RV; RVOT; Shelhigh pulmonic xenograft; SPG; TGA; transposition of the great arteries; ventricular septal defect; VSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTEGRA BOVINE JUGULAR VEIN GRAFT; COW; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GRAFT FAILURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REOPERATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RISK FACTOR; ROSS PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHELHIGH PULMONIC XENOGRAFT; SWINE; VEIN GRAFT; XENOGRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEVICE REMOVAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUGULAR VEINS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951772648     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.068     Document Type: Article

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